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The big news this week is Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub. Jim Zemlin, Executive Director at The Linux Foundation, provides a very positive and principled take on the GitHub acquisition. I have been a believer in Microsoft’s commitment to open source ever since they reached out to me to discuss how they can improve their image in the open source community. Microsoft is apologizing for the Ballmer years profusely with actions (not just words). But, I wonder if Microsoft is buying open source “cool points” too fast? The initial reaction to the acquisition from folks that didn’t work at either company was generally negative. When I discussed how far Microsoft has come back in April, the reaction was also negative. The comments harkened back to an old Microsoft adage, “Embrace, extend, and extinguish.” I understand peoples’ distrust. However, it has been three years since Microsoft took the keynote stage at All Things Open 2015 to talk about how much they love Linux. They are doing everything right so far. It’s time to start taking Microsoft’s word (we’re not at war). They are going to be good stewards of the open source communities they manage.

Two Key Practices for your CI process
Trunk-based development and feature toggles are the two key practices which go a long way in implementing a robust CI process. In our new post of the CD of Microservices blog series, we’ll focus on how to implement these two. SPONSORED

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Events

Chaos Conf
Date: 2018-09-28
Chaos Conf looks super awesome. Opening the event will be Adrian Cockcroft, VP AWS, who called 2018 “The year of #chaosengineering”. Closing out the night will be Jessie Frazelle, one of the top #containers experts on the planet currently at Microsoft.

AnsibleFest 2018
Date: 2018-10-02 through 2018-10-03
AnsibleFest is the annual user conference for the Ansible community and Red Hat Ansible Automation users. For the first time, we’ve expanded to two-days, jam-packed with content covering all aspects of IT automation, whether you’re just getting started or already an advanced automation professional.

People

👋 Hello, GitHub: GitHub’s new CEO, Nat Friedman, colors the path forward for GitHub. Give it a read if you hated this week’s introduction.

The human scalability of “DevOps”: “I’ve come to the conclusion that while DevOps can work extremely well for small engineering organizations, the practice can lead to considerable human/organizational scaling issues without careful thought and management.”

How not to kill your DevOps team: Gloss over certain needs and warning signs and your DevOps initiative might just burn your team out. Follow these do’s and don’ts to keep making healthy progress.

Tools

The Best CI/CD Tool for Kubernetes Doesn’t Exist: “‘The hardest thing about running on Kubernetes is gluing all the pieces together. You need to think more holistically about your systems and get a deep understanding of what you’re working with,’ said Chris Short, a DevOps consultant and CNCF ambassador.”

Getting started with Buildah: Buildah offers a flexible, scriptable way to create lean, efficient container images using your favorite tools.

Jobs

DevOps Engineer at TiVo in Durham, NC
As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll be part of a small operations team responsible for engineering and maintaining the production infrastructure for Tivo’s Advanced Search and Recommendations platform in the cloud and on-premises.

Tweet of the Week

Kubernetes will solve your container orchestration problem but you don't have a container orchestration problem you have a culture problem.

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I'm Chris Short, 20+ veteran of the IT industry and 11 year veteran of the US Air Force. I help people and companies embrace DevOps practices and tools through writing and public speaking. I am a staunch advocate for transparency and open source solutions to problems.